Rita Valenciano

Below is an extensive list of Rita Valenciano’s community involvement and professional endeavors:

1. Owner, Valenciano and Associates, (diversity consultant) operated as sole proprietorship.

2. Member, Missouri State Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

3. President, Board of Directors of the Coalition of Hispanic Organizations (COHO).

4. Chair, COHO Civil Rights Committee.

5. Member, National Board of Directors of Project Equality, Inc.

6. Member, Board of Advisors and Board of Directors, Truman Medical Center

7. Member, Board of Directors of Health Care Foundation of Greater KC (Formerly A Rising Tide).

8. Member, KCMO Property Maintenance Appeals Board

9. Member, Wyandotte Community Health Council

10. Member, Juvenile Justice Community Advisory Board, Unified Government of Wyandotte County.

11. Disciplinary Hearing Officer appointed by State of Missouri Supreme Court, Judicial Review Committee

12. Member, Diversity Taskforce, Walton Construction Company

13. Member, Board of Directors, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City

14. Member, Diversity Taskforce, Federal Bureau of Investigation

15. Member, Wet Weather Advisory Task Force Panel, City of Kansas City, MO

16. Member, Board of Directors, Mattie Rhodes Counseling & Arts Center

17. Member, Mayor’s Commission on Race

18. Member, Panel of American Women

19. Member, Office of Community Complaints Advisory Board, KCMO Police Department

20. Panel Chair, Community Care, Heart of America United Way

21. Chair, Accountability Committee, KC Together, a police/community initiative

22. Member, Tolerance Taskforce, Jackson County, MO formed by County Executive following 9/11

23. Member, Blue Ribbon Commission to select the Prosecuting Attorney

24. Member, Mayor’s Commission on Hate Group Activities

25. President, MANA de Kansas City

26. Member, Community Advisory Committee, Harmony

27. Member, Westside Model Cities Board of Directors

28. Member, Westside Planning Committee

29. Graduate, Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge

30. Graduate, Labor Management Council Mid-Level Leadership, Rockhurst College

31. Graduate, Women’s Leadership Institute, Avila College

32. Co-Chair, Black Brown Coalition, a joint initiative of The Coalition of Hispanic Organizations and the Urban League of Greater Kansas City

….and the list goes on!